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However, interest in how cultivated plants consort with wildlings had started long before genetic engineering was even a glimmer in a test tube.

The souped-up wildlings set 50 percent more seeds than the regular wild ones did.

All of these, the wildlings and selected forms alike, take up little space, look delightful when interplanted with small spring bulbs, and provide enormous interest at a time when any colour is to be cherished.